Dear Prudence,
I have a smart and beautiful 10-year-old niece who has a mustache growing on either side of her top lip. I know how cruel kids can be and have never asked if she has been teased but I think she might be old enough to get the offending hair waxed off. If I offer to pay for it am I sending her the message that she should be ashamed of it?
—Would-Be Hairy Godmother